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Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
Cognate with Mecayapan Nahuatl maxa' /maʃaʔ/.
Noun
maxactli
- crotch, thighs
- 16th c., Annals of Cuauhtitlan
imaxac caquilliaya in imatzotzopaz, auh tlamatocaya inacayo iitic
he would insert his forearm into her crotch, and feel inside her body- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
- Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 141
- Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 81, 247